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Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G Modem With Up To 5Gbps Download Speeds Announced And More

Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon 653, 626 and 427 chipsets at the Qualcomm 2016 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong. Also introduced X50 5G modem at the keynote event, which utilizes wide bandwidths available in the 28 GHz millimeter range (mmWave) band merged with advanced signal processing technologies. Before we go directly talk about the Qualcomm X50 4G modem, should also detail about what the new Snapdragon 653, 626 and 427 SoCs are designed for. Here are the details.

Key Features And Highlights

All the three Qualcomms Snapdragon 653 has support for up to 8GB of RAM. Both the SD626 and Snapdragon 427 have Qualcomm TruSignal antenna boost to improve signal reception in congested areas, making voice and data connections more reliable and relatively superior quality. All of the Qualcomm SoCs comes equipped with Snapdragon X9 LTE modem for 50% faster upload speeds than X8 LTE chips, Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 technology and Dual camera support.

By the way, the Snapdragon 653 and 626 processors are expected to go live later this year, and devices powering the Snapdragon 427 SoC are said to be available sometime next year.

About Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem

The newly announced Qualcomm X50 5G Modem can be paired with a Snapdragon processor which comes with an integrated Gigabit LTE modem and can seamlessly work together with it through dual connectivity.

Additionally, with supporting 4G LTE and mmWave 5G, the X50 modem is a complete 4G/5G multi-mode platform, which is designed to provide dual-connections to both (mobile devices to connect simultaneously over both generations of technology) to achieve extreme mobility between the two.

The X50 5G modem by far can connect using almost 800MHz of bandwidth via 8x100MHz carrier aggregation. Using advanced multiple inputs/inputs (MIMO) techniques like adaptive beam-forming and beam tracking, the Snapdragon X50 5G modem can expand its range of mmWave transmissions to non-line-of-sight scenarios, and also support mobility.

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X50 5G modem will be tested in the second half of 2017, and the first products with that can be expected in 2018.

The Snapdragon X50 5G modem heralds the arrival of 5G as operators and OEMs reach the cellular network and device testing phase. Utilizing our long history of LTE and Wi-Fi leadership, we are thrilled to deliver a product that will help play a critical role in bringing 5G devices and networks to reality. This shows that we’re not just talking about 5G, we’re truly committed to it.